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Procurement Office
Professional Services |
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| Angela Serpico, P.E. | |||
| State Professional Services Engineer | |||
| Phone: (850) 414-4481 | |||
| Fax: (850) 414-4951 | |||
Duties of the Professional Services Office |
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| Section 287.055 (the
Consultants' Competitive Negotiation
Act) and Section 337.105, Florida
Statutes, require procurement of
professional services by competitive
negotiation. The process as mandated
by statute and
Rule 14-75, Florida Administrative
Code
(available as part of our
professional services qualification
package), involves a
prequalification process,
advertisement, and competitive
selection of professional services
consultants based on qualifications,
followed by negotiations to
establish a fair, competitive and
reasonable fee for the desired
services. The types of services
statutorily designated as
professional services are
engineering; surveying and mapping;
architecture; landscape
architecture; planning; and right of
way acquisition and management. Announcements regarding projects requiring professional services may be viewed at the Professional Services Advertisements link of this web site. These announcements include Planned Consultant Projects, Current Professional Services Advertisements, Professional Services Selection Results(Shortlisted, Final Selections), These announcements require prequalification with the Department. A number of types of work have been established for which professional consultants are frequently used. Consultants desiring to compete for contracts in these standard types of work for professional services are required to renew their prequalification annually. Information on prequalification is available at the Prequalification link on the Procurement home page. Prequalification is coordinated through the Procurement Office (850-414-4477). Prequalified consultants may respond to currently advertised projects with a letter of response typically limited to two pages. At least three firms will be shortlisted for each advertised project and will provide either written technical proposals, oral presentations, interviews, or a combination thereof depending on the complexity of the project. The contract fee will then be negotiated with the top ranked firm. To view a listing of Prequalified Consultants, go to the Prequalified Consultants Listings menu link. Professional services contracts procured in accordance with Section 287.055 Florida Statutes are not subject to the 1% MyFloridaMarketPlace transaction fee, pursuant to Rule 60A-1.032, Florida Administrative Code. |
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